Dan Raymer is President of the design and consulting company,
Conceptual Research Corporation. Recipient of the prestigious AIAA Aircraft Design Award,
he is a recognized expert in the areas of
Aerospace Vehicle Design and Configuration Layout, Computer-aided
Design Methodologies and Design Education. During his 10 years in the Advanced Design Department of
Rockwell (North American Aviation) he conceived and did the layout design of Rockwell's entries in
what became the F-22, B-2, and T-45 programs, and was Head of Air Vehicle Design for X-31
from "blank sheet of paper" (CAD screen) to the configuration that
flew (with minor fabrication-driven changes).

His industry career includes positions as Director-Advanced Design with
Lockheed, Director-Future Missions at the Aerojet Propulsion
Research Institute, and Project Manager-Engineering at Rockwell
North American Aviation. He also served as a research engineer and aerospace design consultant at the famous
RAND Corporation think tank.

Dr. Raymer teaches a variety of advanced design short courses
including the well-known five-day Aircraft Conceptual Design Short Course
which has been attended by over 3,000 engineers to date.
Dr. Raymer is often a Forum Speaker at the EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh).

Dr. Raymer received B.S. and M.S. engineering degrees in Astronautics and
Aeronautics from Purdue, an MBA from the University
of Southern California, and a Doctorate of Engineering (Ph.D.) from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
He is a recipient of the Purdue University Outstanding
Aerospace Engineer Award which is given "to honor those alumni who have distinguished themselves in the aerospace industry".
Dr. Raymer is listed in both Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

Founder and manager of an engineering design and
consulting corporation focused upon aerospace and high-technology. CRC offers conceptual design and analysis
services, confidential design reviews, methodology consulting, and engineering analysis as well as short
courses and software related to aircraft conceptual design.

Study and evaluation of future trends and options in
aircraft advanced technology, and assessment of applicability and
requirements for next generation aircraft. Identification
and evaluation of emerging technologies, cost and risk tradeoff
studies, notional system definition and evaluation, and
technology maturation planning. Led and/or participated in numerous studies of advanced fighters, UAV's, and other systems.
RAND representative and team member, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Cost Commonality Working Group. Co-author of
The Gray Threat,
a widely-quoted RAND book that received a commendation letter from the USAF Chief of Staff for its insightful
evaluation of emerging European fighters compared to US capabilities, current and future.

Lecturer at the Full Professor level at California State
University at Northridge, teaching aerospace engineering and
aircraft design. Served as Faculty advisor to Senior Design Lab,
guiding students in the design, construction, and flight-test of
a 32-foot span unmanned high-altitude research aircraft. Led
student lab projects to design and build a laser-sheet flow
visualization wind tunnel, and a twin-cockpit fighter flight
simulator.

Founded and managed an advanced design/analysis group
chartered with defining and evaluating the most probable future
aerospace vehicle developments and technologies. Led studies of
novel system and propulsion concepts for high-speed aircraft,
launch vehicles, and interplanetary vehicles including combined-
cycle SCRAM jets, solar rockets, nuclear rockets, and even-more-
exotic propulsion concepts.

Responsible for management of numerous aircraft conceptual
development programs. As Chief Engineer-Advanced Tactical
Fighter, led a 77-man team which developed a then-novel
blended-delta-wing/V-tail fighter concept based upon Raymer's initial
conceptual design. Extensive supersonic wind tunnel testing and detailed analysis proved that this design concept could supercruise
without afterburning at over Mach 1.6, maneuver as well as an F-15, yet offered radar signatures significantly reduced from then-current fighters..

As Project Engineer-Vehicle Design for the
X-31 Supermaneuver Demonstrator, Raymer led the conceptual design of the X-31
and took the X-31 from 'blank sheet of paper' to the overall configuration that flew. This included extensive
studies of innovative low-cost prototyping approaches. Unfortunately, had left the company before the X-31
went into fabrication and flight test.

As Project Manager-Computer-Aided
Configuration Design and Loft, led the development of
the "Configuration Development System (CDS)", an all-new CAD system
dedicated to aircraft conceptual
layout. CDS (later called CDM), was used for the conceptual design of the
B-1B and X-31 and for numerous advanced design studies at Rockwell, the
USAF, Navy, Army, NASA, and others. Raymer received the company's highest
USAF IRAD evaluations and was named Rockwell
Engineer of the Year for this CAD system development.

Trained and served as an aircraft configuration designer, and
developed well over a hundred
new design concepts
for fighter, bomber,
trainer, research, VTOL, cruise missile, and other aircraft types. Many of these designs
progressed into significant projects including structural and systems design as well as
wind tunnel and RCS testing. Raymer's designs were featured in numerous books and magazines as examples of
"aircraft of the future"
- even in the USSR.